Tag: chief
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Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, for FDA chief
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University who’s made controversial claims about Covid, as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Makary is the chief of Islet Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins, according to the university’s website. He also served in leadership at the World Health…
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Austin says it’s ‘unfortunate’ that Chinese defense chief declined meeting
WASHINGTON — China’s defense minister declined a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a meeting of defense leaders in Laos, a move the Pentagon chief said Wednesday was unfortunate. Multilateral gatherings of national security officials in Asia have been used in the past for meetings between U.S. and Chinese defense leaders, but China declined…
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Pentagon chief visits Ukraine in show of support ahead of U.S. election
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Ukraine on Monday, in a show of solidarity with Kyiv just two weeks ahead of a U.S. presidential election that is casting uncertainty over the future of Western support. Austin’s trip, his fourth and likely final visit as President Joe Biden’s Pentagon chief, will include in-depth discussions about U.S. efforts…
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At odds with Trump, Aurora police chief says the city is still ‘very safe’
AURORA, Colo. — Former President Donald Trump painted a dark picture of Colorado’s third-largest city at a rally here Friday as he once again claimed it had been overtaken by a Venezuelan prison gang. But the city’s police chief told NBC News that Aurora is still “very safe.” “It’s not overrun. Without question, Aurora is…
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Chinese hack of telecommunications companies under investigation, NSA chief says
SEA ISLAND, Ga. — The director of the National Security Agency said Sunday a Chinese hack of three major telecommunications firms is under investigation, but it remains “premature” to discuss the case. Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh said his command would work closely with other government agencies and private companies “to really understand what has…